Quotes About Ethics

Industry of war is the industry of shame

The holiest war is the one which is fought against the war industry!

All war aims for impunity.

How do you keep war accountable to the American people when war becomes invisible and virtual?

Halliburton is not a 'company' doing business in Iraq. It is a war profiteer, bilking millions from the pockets of average Americans. In past wars they would have been arrested – or worse.

The virtue of the soul does not consist in flying high, but in walking orderly.

I've called David Cameron worse things than joker....and a former Prime Minister Tony Blair is widely referred to as a war criminal.

The sons of all of us will pay in the future if we of the present do not do justice in the present.

Thus commerce, though in itself a moral nullity, has had a considerable influence in tempering the human mind....he trades with the same countries ...(that he) would have gone to war with.

It is the object only of war that makes it honorable.

An admiral should be put to death now and then to encourage the others.

I think it's very important to have a sense of balance in covering the war, but you don't have to be morally neutral about terrorism.

No man has the right to use the great powers of the Presidency to lead the people, indirectly, into war.

We live in a war of two antagonistic ethical philosophies, the ethical policy taught in the books and schools, and the success policy.

Religious canons, civil laws, are cruel; then what should war be?

For I can raise no money by vile means. By heaven, I had rather coin my heart, And drop my blood for drachmas

You know, in war, you don't have to be nice. You only have to be right.

What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or in the holy name of liberty or democracy?

In a war, the first casualty is human dignity.

Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary.

As long as war is regarded as wicked it will always have its fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar it will cease to be popular.

Yes, there are plenty of politicians who are liars, there is no doubt about this! But some of them are not only liars but also serial killers because they deliberately send people to the wars!

There isn't a viler creature on earth than a politician who sends the children of others to the war but not his own children!

Kill someone on the behalf of yourself, you get deemed a murderer. Kill someone on behalf of your Government, you get deemed a hero.